Echinochloa polystachya explained

Echinochloa polystachya, the German grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae), native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, from Texas and Florida down to Argentina.[1] It is an aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial that can grow in water as deep as .[2] It is a useful fodder for water buffaloes, and to a lesser extent, cattle.[2] In the Amazon floodplain it can reach productivity levels of in dry mass, one of the highest levels ever measured in natural vegetation and belongs to the C4 plants .[3] [4] Given that it occupies about of territory during the rainy season, it contributes on the order of 1% of the primary productivity of the planet.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 25 June 2021 .
  2. Web site: German grass (Echinochloa polystachya) . Heuzé . V. . Tran . G. . Giger-Reverdin . S. . Lebas . F. . 26 April 2017 . Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System . Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO . 25 June 2021 .
  3. Nutrient dynamics of the highly productive C4 macrophyte Echinochloa polystachya on the Amazon floodplain . 1997 . Piedade . M. T. F. . Junk . W. J. . Long . S. P. . Functional Ecology . 11 . 1 . 60–65 . 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00066.x . free . 1997FuEco..11...60P .
  4. The Productivity of the C4 Grass Echinochloa polystachya on the Amazon Floodplain . Piedade . M. T. F. . Junk . W. J. . Long . S. P. . Ecology . 1991 . 72 . 4 . 1456–1463 . 10.2307/1941118 . 1941118 . 1991Ecol...72.1456P .
  5. Book: 978-0-12-614440-6 . C4 Plant Biology . Sage . Rowan Frederick . Monson . Russell K. . 1999 . Academic Press .

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